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QT-P17. Ability to Speak English: 2000
Subject Number Percent
     
POPULATION 5 YEARS AND OVER BY LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME AND ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH    
   Population 5 years and over 41,021 100.0%
Speak only English 39,132 95.4%
Speak a language other than English 1,889 4.6%
     
   Spanish 914 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 663 72.5%
Speak English "well" 48 5.3%
Speak English "not well" 131 14.3%
Speak English "not at all" 72 7.9%
     
   Other Indo-European languages 768 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 668 87.0%
Speak English "well" 35 4.6%
Speak English "not well" 65 8.5%
Speak English "not at all" 0 0.0%
     
   Asian and Pacific island languages 122 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 56 45.9%
Speak English "well" 24 19.7%
Speak English "not well" 25 20.5%
Speak English "not at all" 17 13.9%
     
   All other languages 85 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 69 81.2%
Speak English "well" 6 7.1%
Speak English "not well" 10 11.8%
Speak English "not at all" 0 0.0%
     
ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH    
   Population 5 years and over 41,021 100.0%
Speak a language other than English 1,889 4.6%
  5 to 17 years 183 0.4%
  18 to 64 years 1,576 3.8%
  65 years and over 130 0.3%
 Speak English less than "very well" 433 1.1%
  5 to 17 years 44 0.1%
  18 to 64 years 369 0.9%
  65 years and over 20 0.0%
ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH IN HOUSEHOLD    
Linguistically isolated households 123 (X)
     
   Population 5 years and over in households 35,659 100.0%
In linguistically isolated households 225 0.6%
  5 to 17 years 33 0.1%
  18 to 64 years 188 0.5%
  65 years and over 4 0.0%

 

Date: October 2, 2002

[Data based on a sample]
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P19, P20, PCT13, and PCT14.
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